The Fraser River courses through more than one half-dozen distinct geo-climactic zones, North America’s most diverse indigenous landscape and the essence of British Columbia (B.C.) history.
Unlike the river's outlet, the Columbia gained its 1,200-mile momentum in the Rocky Mountain trench between the Rockies and Purcell ranges in the deep Northwest interior of eastern British Columbia.
Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that eventually reach the Pacific Ocean, it stretches from southeast British Columbia and extends into much of Washington ...
The Columbia River Treaty, the framework for hydropower generation and flood control between the two countries, had been left ...
Often described as the Serengeti of Canada, the Spatsizi is British Columbia's largest roadless preserve, more than 1.6 million acres encompassing the headwaters of the mighty Stikine, the river ...
The EPA says the primary source of contamination at the site is the Teck Metals Ltd. smelting facility in Trail, British Columbia located approximately 10 river miles upstream of the international ...
Though the Fraser River does not cross the border as the Columbia does, the Fraser is intimately tied to the lands and waters ...